Date: 16.01.2018.

Latvia has lost around 100,000 of its residents with higher education to emigration between 2000 and 2016, University of Latvia professor Mihails Hazans said in an interview with LNT commercial TV channel today, cites LETA.

The Estonian Maritime Administration is planning to perform maintenance and dredging works in the Rukki ship channel between the mainland and the island of Hiiumaa in 2018 to ensure a depth of at least 5.4 meters along the channel's entire length, informs LETA/BNS.

The number of nights spent by guests at Latvia’s hotels and other tourist facilities in the first 11 months of 2017 grew by 12.1% against the same period last year to 4.624 million, writes LETA, according to the data released by the Central Statistics Bureau (CSB).

Latvia’s e-health system was “disrupted” by malicious hackers last Thursday, January 11, Aija Barca (Greens/Farmers), chairwoman of the Saeima Social and Labor Affairs Committee, claimed on Latvian Radio this morning, cites LETA.

EU economy’s future: slow but positive growthGrowth in all EU states will continue in 2019-20, though at a slower pace than before. The largest EU’s economies will grow at around 1,5-1,7%, mostly in Poland, Spain and Holland. The Baltic States’ growth will continue to be on the positive trend.